Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add violence against women and girls to the strategic policing requirement.

The issue of Violence Against Women and Girls is a key priority for the government and policing.

In September 2021, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’ (HMICFRS) report “Police response to violence against women and girls” recommended the policing of violence against women and girls be added to the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR).

The purpose of the SPR is to set out what in the Home Secretary’s view are the national threats at the time the document is issued, and the appropriate national policing capabilities to counter those national threats.

Following the HMICFRS recommendation and a recent Home Office-led review of the SPR, we are currently considering the national threats and policing capabilities to be included in a revised SPR which will be published in due course.